So yes, it's been awhile since I've blogged. I know but I've been so enjoying the silence of the house since the kids have been back at school. Noah has discovered the fun and thrill of climbing trees.
This is a close up of him in our corkscrew willow in our backyard by our shed.
Here's the full tree. I couldn't find him in it but he's about 3/4 of the way up. Well over the top of the shed. He loves it and so do I. I loved climbing trees when I was his age. It was absolutely my favorite past time.
Just so you don't think it's all fun and games around here. Here's what we've really been up to. Remember when Emil built the canoe racks?
This was what the bank of our land looked like. The creek that runs behind our house is Doxey Creek (seen to the right) and you can get out into the sound (another body of water) which is a really big deal if you can actually access the water because then we have waterfront property!
Well when your bank looks like this it's hard to see the water much less get to it. But Emil worked us hard over Labor Day weekend and now we have waterfront property!
See our little dock?
(Yeah, I'm talking about the pallet in the right hand corner. Hey! It's a start!)
I will say this for Emil, he definitely has vision. And I'm so proud of my kids because they work really hard and don't complain. Actually Noah did have a suggestion that we pay him $5 for allowance that week. He didn't mention his brother or sister though.
So now when you come to visit we can go out canoeing from our back yard! What a treat!
2 comments:
your yard looks great.. It is always nice to get big projects done.. although we have no waterfront around here.. just irrigation ditches.. do they count?? Thanks for your sweet comment. Our year mark is coming up and I am worried about "the day".. any suggestions??
heres my email.. coridillio@hotmail
Kirsten is looking so grown up in your previous post.. beautiful girl! We are def canoeing (sp?) next time we are in NC.. way to go Emil with your vision.. it's a nice one
Looks great!! Send some of that motivation and hard work our way! Mark would kill to have waterfront property. I'll have to make sure he sees this post.
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